Kao Plastic Surgery

As I mentioned before , tummy tucks and facelifts are two of the most unforgiving operations in plastic surgery. In a #tummytuck, when the incisions are too high and straight, the scars too thick and irregular and the skin pulled too tight , then it is nearly impossible to fix. This woman was unhappy with her tummy tuck done a years ago in #beverlyhills. She still had a loose abdominal wall and her scars were jagged and thick. We performed a re-do #abdominoplasty with comple...te repair of the #diastasisrecti (tightening of the separation in the rectus muscle). The most remarkable aspect of her case is what happened to the abdominal skin that was so thinned out and had terrible #strechmarks from #pregancy. We performed specialized #stemcell isolation and fat transfer to repair the damaged skin. She is three years #postop and note the thickening and normalization of the skin texture and tone. This is cellular #regenerative medicine!. #beforeandafter #revisionsurgery ##kaoplasticsurgery see her on #kaoplasticsurgerychannel #notaonetrickpony @ Kao Plastic Surgery See more

The Ponytail lift is a #minimallyinvasive multimodality #endoscopic #facialrejuvenation procedure that inviloves a endocopic #brow rotation, #cheeklift, #jowllift #fattransfer and #laserresurfacing without traditional #facelift incision ( we only used 2 tiny 1cm incisions in the scalp for her on each side). We also performed a skin only #upperblepharoplasty with preservation of muscle and #fatrepositioning. She is now 6weeks #postop. There is still a little swelling in her upper lids but she looks #radiant. #ponytaillift @ Kao Plastic Surgery

Tummy Tuck 360 Sculpt : The goal is to create a slimmer and longer waistline. She is a designer who has trouble fitting in her own cloths due to menopause related weight gain. She had redundant tummy skin and fat in the LOWER abdomen but not much excess skin on the UPPER abdomen, just fat. So we started with her laying on her tummy and performed #liposculpturing of her #lovehandles, and #brafat. Then we turned her laying on her back and performed a full #tummytuck BUT WITHOUT... making a cut on the bellybutton. The abdominal muscles were tighten from the pubic bone all the way up to the breast bone by using the Endoscope. Then more #liposuction was performed on the upper abdomen and the flanks. The excess skin from the lower abdomen is pulled down and removed. The bellybutton is NOT moved. It gets a little more hooded looking. We could have trimmed a little skin from the top of the belly button but she didn’t want a scar there. Now her cloths fit better and it jumpstarted her exercise and fitness goals. @ Kao Plastic Surgery See more

My mother Is the kindest, most angelic human being I know. She was one of 7 siblings born to a poor rice farming family in Taiwan. She remembers walking to school in rain barefooted because they couldn't afford to buy shoes. She is the most selfless person i know. Her family was extremely poor. For lunch, she only had one egg, and she would split that one egg into 4 pieces to share with her starving siblings. She never had the opportunity for education beyond grade school, bu...t yet she is honest, wise and hard working. I have never heard her raise her voice or yell at anyone . I have never heard her lie, cheat, or swear. I have never seen her jealous of others or complain of being poor. She is the kindest and most gentle soul in the world. She married my father who was a refugee from mainland China and had us three children. Together they struggled to put food on the table. We never had any toys in the house and we never had a family vacation because we simply could not afford it. But we were rich in love from my mom. She is the best cook in the world. She made sure that we were always well fed . We immigrated to AMERICA when I was 11. I had to learn English and was desperately trying to fit into a foreign culture as a teenager. Everyday she packed a delicious lunch for us. But I remember being embarrassed of eating beef on rice in front of my classmates. I was afraid of being teased and bullied, i rather eat Mac & cheese cafeteria food so I can be like everyone else. When I was in college at University Of Washington, she would come visit me every Sunday and give me Tupperware full of food for the week, so I can quickly heat up and continue my studies. The ironic thing is, when I talk to my mom about our childhood, she tears up and cries. She feels guilty about not knowing how to take care of us, not being able to buy toys, having birthday parties or taking us on family vacations... None of those things matters to me.. I know I have the greatest woman who i am proud to call mom. Everything she has done is from her heart. I can never forget. I love you mom. Happy #mothersday. See more

I am too young for a #facelift Introducing the KaOgee. An #Ogee curve on a beautiful #face is a continuous line of convexity and concavity from the #cheekbones to the lowerface. This S shaped curvature is a hallmark of youth and facial beauty and can be created by Dr. Kao’s new innovation: the #EndoPSCS #Endojowllift. This new technique is now routinely incorporated to the #ponytaillift procedure. The end result is an incredibly powerful #minimallyinvasive #facialrejuven...ation procedure that is long lasting. It can reshape the facialfeatures, making the face more #slim, #tapered and #HeartShaped looking. This is accomplished through two 1cm incisions hidden in the scalp and 1 small inscsion hidden in the crease behind the ear #InvisibleScars. It is perfect for #yonger patients who has early jowling or heavy lower face who wants a more defined #jawline. Repeated #fillers injections in the PreJowlSulcus or along the #JawLine can make the chin, jawline more square,more #masculine for a #woman. The whole notion of #liquidfacellift to lift the jowls is ill- advised. #fillerburnout #juvederm #voluma #botox #restylane. #vogue #oprah the #ponytaildifference (PS this is a #kaofie: she so happy she can’t help but send me her selfie. (See my previous post on her ) When she come back from East Coast I will post a clinical #beforeandafter) See more

With two tiny incisions in the temple scalp on each side and one 1/2 incision in the crease behind the earlobe, the entire face and upper part of the neck can be tightened and slimmed. There are not incisions/ scars IN FRONT of the ear, behind the little cartilage (Tragus) of the ear , or along the temple hairline . The #deepplane of the face is tightened and lifted with out traditional #facelift scars. This is the #ponytaildifference.

Upper Lip Lift and Microneedling with Umbilical Cord Stem Cells: The #upperlip #wrinkles are tough to fix. How do we correct #skintone and #skintexture without distorting the shape of the #lip? We did an #upperliplift #co2laser and additional #microneedling with our #propriatary #umbilicalcord #stemcell serum. #membersonly @kao_aesthetics (PS: her scar is still a little red at 3 weeks)#lipinjections #lipsense #lipfillers #lipstick @ Kao Plastic Surgery

Kaofie is when she is so happy she can’t help but send me her #selfie. The greatest gift I receive from my patients is seeing their #happiness and knowing that I made a difference. She is #beautiful and #confident now. #ponytaillift correction of over filled face. #kaofie @ Kao Plastic Surgery

Ponytail Lift with #endoscopic #cheekimplants and #fattransfer. How long does fat transfer last? Once the swelling is down after 3-4 months, whatever it stays should last a long time. This is a woman is her mid 40’s with significant volume loss. The here is a 4 months post op and a 4 years follow-up. She is very very happy. ##ponytaillift #ponytaildifference #beforeandafter not a traditional #facelift #facialrejuvenation #facial #facialsculpting #kaoplasticsurgery #vogue #oprah @ Kao Plastic Surgery

Enhancing Skin Texture and Facial Contour: This beautiful 54 y.o loved her #ponytaillift we did for her 5 years ago where we corrected sagging #jowls and #looseneck. She returns for #maintenance and #refinement. Particularly addressing the #skintexture and #wrinkles around the #mouth. We did a #fattrsnsfer to face # #co2laser #upperliplift #liplift #lip early post op at 3 weeks no #makeup #nodilter #beforeandafter @kao_aesthetics @ Kao Plastic Surgery

This was a #breakthrough for me. #postpregnacy #thinskin, #strechmarks is impossible to reverse. Here we used very advanced #regenerative / #stemcell isolation and #fattransfer and #radiofrequency #rf device to achieve a remarkable result that I honestly can not believe myself at three years #postop. The skin #regenerated #youthful #skintexture and #skintone #kaoplasticsurgery #notaonetrickpony #tummytuck #revsionsurgery @ Kao Plastic Surgery

#kaofie: we love our faces. Love @molly_flaherty @ericapaige and @getdressedla . This is what makes me #happy . @kao_aesthetics #kaoplasticsurgery #botox #fillers #juvederm #voluma #restalyne